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Baked Potatoes

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Recipes for baked potatoes exist across the archives of The Times. This is the battle-tested best. Adorn the result with toppings: sour cream, minced chives, crumbled bacon, chopped jalapeño, cauliflower florets, crab meat dressed in lemon juice. The potatoes are a blank canvas, though delicious on their own.

by Sam Sifton·published 2014-10-13

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AmericanDinner, Weeknight, Vegetables, Side Dish

Servings

4 servings

Total time

Calories / serving

403 kcal

Ingredients (4)

serves

4 large baking potatoes, like russetspotato
1 teaspoon olive oilolive-oil
Kosher saltsalt
4 tablespoons unsalted butterbutter

Instructions (4 steps)

01Preheat oven to 450.
02Scrub potatoes under running water; dry them, and rub the skin of each with the oil and a little salt. Pierce the skin of each in three or four places with the tines of a fork.
03Place the potatoes in the oven, and roast for 45 minutes to an hour, depending on the size of the potatoes, until they offer no resistance when a knife is inserted in their centers.
04Remove the potatoes from the oven, slice them open down the middle, apply a tablespoon of butter to each one and serve immediately.

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